Mark Bauerlein is Senior Editor at First Things and Professor of English at Emory University, where he has taught since earning his PhD in English at UCLA in 1989. For two years (2003-05) he served as Director of the Office of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. His books include Literary Criticism: An Autopsy (1997), The Pragmatic Mind: Explorations in the Psychology of Belief (1997), and The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (2008). His essays have appeared in PMLA, Partisan Review, Wilson Quarterly, Commentary, and New Criterion, and his commentaries and reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Weekly Standard, The Guardian, Chronicle of Higher Education, and other national periodicals.

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Mark Bauerlein
On this episode, Christopher Shannon joins the podcast to discuss his new book, American Pilgrimage: A Historical Journey through Catholic Life in the New World. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Nicholas Eberstadt joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Men Without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Jon K. Lauck joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800–1900. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Frank Furedi joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, The Road to Ukraine: How the West Lost its Way. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Akhil Reed Amar joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840. Continue Reading »
On this episode, David Limbaugh joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament. Continue Reading »
As one institution after another joins the woke regime, I promise First Things readers and listeners that you will not find this magazine doing the same. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Yoram Hazony joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Vincent Phillip Muñoz joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses. Continue Reading »
On this episode, William Deresiewicz joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society. Continue Reading »
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